Donating or Receiving Blood
The Basics
Blood Safety
- How Safe is the Blood Supply in the United States? (October 20, 2006)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Transmission of HIV by Blood, Blood Products, Tissue Transplantation, and Artificial Insemination (October 2003)
From HIV InSite Knowledge Base Chapter
- System to Remove HIV From Donated Blood Planned (November 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Food and Drug Administration Raps Red Cross for Blood-Safety Lapses (October 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Blood Cleansing Would Raise Need for Donors (August 9, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Experts Debate Cleansing Blood (August 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Food and Drug Administration, Florida State to Look Into Procedures at Blood Bank (July 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Florida: Blood Bank Received Warning Letters From FDA (July 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Florida: Tainted Donor Blood Infects Two (July 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Technique May Improve Safety of Donated Blood (April 2, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- FDA Approves First Nucleic Acid Test System to Screen Whole Blood Donors for Infections With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus (February 28, 2002)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
In the Courts
- Canada: Ban on Gay Blood Donors Is Unconstitutional, Man Argues in Counter-Suit (October 6, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Australia: Gay Blood Donor Complaint Dismissed (June 4, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Marion County, Ind., Officials Charge Five People With Knowingly Selling Their HIV-Positive Blood Plasma (July 21, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- U.S. Doctor Appears in Canadian Court on Charges Linked to Tainted Blood (December 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Police File Criminal Charges Decades After Canadian Tainted-Blood Scandal (November 21, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Texas Man Sues After Being Infected With HIV From Transfusion (April 1, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Other News
- United Kingdom: National Health Service Ban on "High-Risk" Gay Men Donating Blood to Be Reviewed (October 27, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California Proposal Would Lift FDA Ban on Blood Donations From MSM (May 4, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- U.K. Report Examines Contaminated Blood Products That Spread HIV in 1970s, 1980s (February 24, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- California County Board of Supervisors Votes to Oppose FDA Policy Barring MSM From Donating Blood (February 28, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Number of HIV-Positive Blood Donors in Japan Reaches Record High in 2007 (January 24, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- World Facing Serious Shortage of Safe Blood for Transfusions (April 7, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rep. Price Introduces Bill That Would Compensate Individuals Who Contracted HIV Through Blood Transfusions (August 4, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Obituary: Steve Grissom, Battler on HIV Blood (August 6, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Canada: Blood Service Stymied by Gay Donor's Taunts (July 30, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Florida Blood Donors Stay the Course (July 26, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- South Florida Launches Kids' World Blood Bank (March 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Confidence in Blood Supply Must Rank First (March 19, 2002)
An op-ed defending the exclusion of gay men from blood donation.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Panel Advises Tattooed and Pierced Not Give Blood (March 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New Diagnostic Testing Measures: FDA Approves First Nucleic Acid Test Systems to Screen Plasma for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus (September 21, 2001)
In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Should Gay Men Be Allowed to Donate Blood? (November/December 2000)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
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